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SCUD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: scudded    , scudding   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)

Synonyms:

scud; scudding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scud" is a kind of...):

hurrying; speed; speeding (changing location rapidly)

Derivation:

scud (run before a gale)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run before a gale

Synonyms:

rack; scud

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "scud" is one way to...):

sail (travel on water propelled by wind)

Domain category:

navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

scud; scudding (the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Run or move very quickly or hastily

Example:

She dashed into the yard

Synonyms:

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "scud" is one way to...):

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Verb group:

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scud"):

plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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